Development Economics - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 10

Publications February 2015 RAND Journal of Economics Performance Responses to Competition Across Skill-Levels in Rank Order Tournaments: Field Evidence and Implications for Tournament Design By: Boudreau, Kevin J., Karim R. Lakhani, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual Underpinnings of Entrepreneurial Management

of entrepreneurs was to bear risk, Cantillon focused his attention on the economic functions of entrepreneurship—a focus that was to hold sway until very recently. In various economic approaches to... View Details

Keywords: by Howard H. Stevenson & Teresa M. Amabile

16 Sep 2002
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The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

people, rotating them, developing them, putting them in challenging assignments. Those are things you can actually do something about. What I am saying is that companies should clone the processes in View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul

Kevin McCall (HBS MBA '81), president and CEO of Paradigm Holdings, LLC, a Massachusetts-based owner and operator of multi-tenanted office buildings. McCall described the process of locating and developing a property as completely... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

12 Jun 2017
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Doubts about Applying to HBS

I am a first generation Mexican-American born and raised in farming and immigrant communities in Arizona. I earned my undergraduate economics degree from Arizona State University. After graduating, I worked for Bank of America Merrill... View Details

23 Oct 2019
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Designing a More Artful Future for the Middle East

chains. “Fashion is an important form of art, and there are skilled artisans right in Lebanon producing modest, fashionable clothing with embellishments inspired by local culture,” he explains. “Darza is building something that has View Details

Keywords: Inclusion

15 Oct 2019
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Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene

by Assistant Professors Katherine Coffman and Christine Exley and MENARC Assistant Director Alpana Thapar), has also helped develop a robust portfolio of case studies on a variety of MENA ventures used in the MBA Program. Included among... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Herman I. Safin

Unlike the culture-shocked Russian who defected to America in the movie Moscow on the Hudson, Lithuanian-born Herman Safin arrived at HBS already familiar with the ways of the West. Beginning with his high-school years in the former Soviet Union -- which coincided with... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

25 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

HKS toolkit After my first year in the joint degree program at HKS (MPA/ID Program) with leading development economists such as Professors Lant Pritchett and Dani Rodrik, I developed the analytical and... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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Global - Global Activities 2020

continents—assist faculty with research and case writing, strengthen relationships with local alumni and practitioners, facilitate faculty and student immersions abroad, and host MBA admissions and career development events. Silicon... View Details

19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

Management Science The Role of Taxes in the Disconnect Between Corporate Performance and Economic Growth By: Khan, Urooj, Suresh Nallareddy, and Ethan Rouen Abstract—We investigate the relation between the growth in corporate profits and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Cherian Kurien

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? For me the purpose of an MBA is to develop and refine one's political, economic and social worldview, by debating, listening to and understanding the views... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail

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Driving Social Change | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

develop a “third model.” The challenges they face are very exciting, especially at a time when we are looking at reforms in our economic system. My question is, “Under what conditions can these hybrid... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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William K.L. Fung

earned a Ph.D. in economics at Harvard in 1971, Fung has built Li & Fung into a multinational trading and retailing company with 36 offices in 20 countries and an annual turnover of more than $1.6 billion. In Hong Kong, where Li & Fung... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

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Photographs & Prints | Baker Library

industrial photography from the 1920s to the 1950s, a critical period in the development of industrial and commercial photography. The holdings described here are discrete collections exclusively containing photographs. Various manuscript... View Details

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2+2 Program | MBA

innovative thinkers who have demonstrated leadership and analytical skills and want to develop their knowledge and passion to make a difference in the world. After being admitted through 2+2, students spend a minimum of two years (maximum... View Details

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Lupoli Companies: Riverwalk – Making an Impact | Information Technology

excited to be teaching the case, and I think it will demonstrate how economic development can really bootstrap a community.” Play Video duration: 1:41 Professor Richard S. Ruback describes the impact of the... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Pearson Hunt Remembered

also contributed to the theory of capital budgeting and to the development of a more realistic application of the cost of capital to investment decisions. In the midst of this work, Hunt coined the term EBIT (earnings before interest and... View Details

09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010

both? Might an over-emphasis on long-term restructuring increase the chances that major banks could collapse? And what were the best economic and political strategies in these arenas? As a major developed... View Details